Uganda News

Mityana 5th May 2016 - On April 29th, Uganda commemorated World Health Day a few weeks after the designated 7th April of every year. The function was held at Banda Sub-county Headquarters in Mityana district under the theme “Beat Diabetes: Scale up prevention, Strengthen Care and Enhance Surveillance “.

Mbale, 16th May 2016 - The Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a three-day regional training on sample collection, packaging and transportation of dangerous pathogens at Crown Suits Hotel in Mbale District. 

Kampala, 20th May 2016:- The WHO Country Office (WCO) in Uganda hosted a two day international workshop on the newly introduced Strategic Partnership Portal (SPP) that aims at building stronger health systems for sustainable health security in WHO member states.

The SPP is an online tool that allows countries, donors and partners to see all funding coming into a particular country and how it is distributed and other information collected from national authorities and stakeholders. 

Masaka 23th May 2016:- The Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), GAVI, UNICEF and other partners over the weekend implemented a  mass Yellow Fever vaccination campaign in Masaka, and Rukungiri districts which  have recently had confirmed cases of the disease.  The preparation for Kalangala district is in progress.

Entebbe 1st June 2016 - The Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from the World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Education Fund and Center for Disease Control held a three-day training for the members of of Uganda’s armed forces (Military, Police and Prisons) on the usage of Electronic Health Management Information System (eHMIS) at Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe.

Kampala, 1st June 2016 - As Uganda marked the World No Tobacco Day 2016, the major highlight of the event was the formal launch of the Tobacco Control Act 2015 at a function presided over by the Minister of Health Dr Elioda Tumwesigye representing the Right Honorable Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda.

Kampala, 8th June 2016 - Twenty two (22) out of Uganda’s 112 districts have good access and utilization of immunization services reaching over 80% of the children with all recommended doses of life-saving childhood vaccinations according to their district specific targets. This is according to the findings of the recent annual National Administrative Immunization Performance Analysis done by the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI), supported by WHO and UNICEF. 

Kampala, 8th June 2016 - Twenty two (22) out of Uganda’s 112 districts have good access and utilization of immunization services reaching over 80% of the children with all recommended doses of life-saving childhood vaccinations according to their district specific targets. This is according to the findings of the recent annual National Administrative Immunization Performance Analysis done by the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI), supported by WHO and UNICEF. 

Kampala, 17th June 2016 - Northern Uganda has the highest prevalence of Sickle cell trait and malaria in the country standing at 18.6% and (63%) respectively .This was revealed in a Sickle cell survey done in 2014 by the Ministry of Health (MoH) with support from Makerere College of Health Sciences and Cincinnati Children’s hospital. The study further revealed that East-Central regions come second with a sickle cell prevalence of 16.7% and malaria at 56%.

Mukono, 24th June 2016 - The Ministry of Health recognizes eHealth, as a key enabler for supporting the health system in order to deliver good health to the population as laid out in   the Health Sector Development and Investment Plan 2015/16– 2019/20. In that respect, the Ministry of Health with support from World Health Organization (WHO), Center for Disease Control (CDC), and United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) convened a two-day workshop at Colline Hotel, Mukono to validate the draft eHealth policy and strategy.